पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · October 8, 1954 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: पाशाङ्कुशा एकादशी — Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
Confers strength + wealth + son; equivalent to 1000 Aśvamedha-yajñas.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.6 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्।

इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।3.6।।
"3.6 He who remains motionless, refusing to act, but all the while brooding over sensuous object, that deluded soul is simply a hypocrite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2011 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1876 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1361
Malayalam Era: 1130
Nanakshahi: 485
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya171.00°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra294.53°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala268.96°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha197.08°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati94.25°KarkaPuṣya P1
शुक्र Śukra212.25°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani195.87°TulāSvātī P3

☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:46 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:57 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:21 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:11 – 11:37
Yamaganda14:29 – 15:56
Gulika Kāla07:19 – 08:45
Varjyam06:22 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 08:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:53 – 07:19 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:19 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:45 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:11 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:37 – 13:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:03 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:29 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:56 – 17:22 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:22 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:56 – 20:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:29 – 22:03 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:03 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:37 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:11 – 02:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:45 – 04:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:19 – 05:53 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5056 · Kali-5056
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1846558.27 · 5055.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2435023.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2211° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)125.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.2211°) · declination -5.61° · EoT 13.23 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1954-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)